How I found my topic and what the Greeks would never say

So, I have decided to start to write a blog and share my experience from Greece. Although my mind has already floated to the Aegean Sea, I still have a lack of inspiration. In my oppinion, the topics are primarily created by themselves while being in the original surroundings. 

I tried to overboil Greek coffee as I do it regularly. No inspiration. I turned the Samian radio on and started to listen to the commercials. No inspiration. I put all the Greek souvenirs in front of my face. No inspiration. All of them decorated by Greek flag. No inspiration. I packed gifts for my Samian friends. No inspiration. I started to lose the hope in finding a good base topic. Afterwards I looked from the window and checked the sky. I was waiting for the rain to wet almost dry puddles in the forest behind our house. It is a place where small tadpoles transform into frogs. So, I took my lazy sausage dog and left with water to the forest.

I met my friend Vlada I have not seen since my childhood. “Hey, Misha, what are you doing here? Aren’t you in Greece yet?” he asked. “I am leaving within three weeks. It is time to enjoy my home city,” I answered smilingly and asked him about the news from his life. “I feel so bored here, there is nothing to do here, no cultural events, no sport events. I would rather leave somewhere else,” he complained.

“The real Greek would never say so! At least the Greeks I’ve met in my life,” I thought. Anyway, I found the topic! I quickly put the water into the small lakes and went back home to start my blog in order to express my admiration for the Greeks proud of their traditions, habits and homeland. We still complain about the village life. In contrary to us, the Greeks love their origin home village where the life appears like 200 years ago as if the time has stopped. The local people enjoy the traditional feasts and celebrate by traditional way. I am always so impressed by watching 5-years old boys dancing traditional dances and singing folklore songs.

Actually, have you ever seen any Greek television or listened to the Greek radio? How does the program schedule of all media look like? Major part of the program is focused on artists coming from Greece, the soap operas’ and TV series' contents are mainly Greek issues-oriented. The brightest stars of talent contests are not music groups imitating famous American pop stars but children playing bouzouki (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59TPHzf7LcY).

Wouldn’t it be great if we follow the Greek way at least by being proud of our history and traditions? Let’s try to find some Czech fairy-tale book, sing the folklore song and visit the UNESCO monuments. You may change your facebook profile for “PROUD TO BE CZECH” like my Samian friend with his “PROUD TO BE GREEK”.